What is CVE-2018-5312?

CVE-2018-5312 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpshopmart Tabs Responsive, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-5312?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-5312 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Wpshopmart Tabs Responsive

CVE-2018-5312

The tabs-responsive plugin 1.8.0 for WordPress has XSS via the post_title parameter to wp-admin/post.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-01-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Wpshopmart Tabs Responsive — versions 1.8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/tabs-responsive.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
wordpress.org/support/topic/stored-xss-bugs-at-the-latest-version-of-tabs-respo… (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5312?: CVE-2018-5312 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpshopmart Tabs Responsive, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-5312?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-5312 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.